Targeted Podcast True Crime Domestic Violence

1.9 Prosecuting the Low and Despicable

Before the Maddux murder trial began Judge Witt asked one of the
attorneys a question in open court, "Don't you realize that
everyone, no matter how low and how despicable, has a right to be
represented by an attorney?" This question was widely published in
newspapers, and sets the tone for the trial that was about to
begin. The Madduxes were low and despicable and while they
had a right to a trial, it was really a formality to endure before
the inevitable prison sentence occurred.